News / Polish, language of future - Post-apocalyptic [45]


That's not even true. First victims of English jokes were the Scotch and the Irish.


Well, that's one thing God has in common with Crow.

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M-G (tiens)

UK, Ireland / Homeless Poles living on barbecued rats and alcoholic handwash? [62]


Au contraire, mon ami! Rattus Norvegus, honourable member of Rodentia ex aequo successful as Homo Sapiens, has the same adaptibility to circumstances as humans have and is an expert in survival in any given climate or context! Honour this noble creature with a remarkable high level of intelligence for a member of Rodentia! As one famous biologist once said: "together with Homo Sapiens and Insectii, Rattus Norvegus will be the only survivor that inherits this Earth"! Take heed to those wise words and honour Rattus Norvegus Magnum Rex!

All hail!

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M-G (Cats don't pursuit Rats very much because they know)

News / Polish, language of future - Post-apocalyptic [45]


It just crossed my mind that since we have an abundance of ppl and a shortage of food, why not slaughter ppl in order to get rid of the shortage of food?

Polish is one of the least suitable language to replace English, if only for the near impssbl grammar.

And Seanus, pls don't go discuss this nonsense topic seriously. You'll only encourage Crow to start more of them.

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M-G (pls, don't start threads like this again)

News / Poland and Kresy being reunited? [162]

Woah, you don't see that many trolls like Jozef Polska who know of themselves that they are delusional.


If you take a quick plane from Gdansk to Dublin, I will give you a hug on Dublin Airport before you take the return flight :)

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M-G (less than 10 hrs left before hug-a-Pole day!)

News / Poland and Kresy being reunited? [162]


I only accuse him, not the entire Polish populace, sweetie :)

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M-G (don't forget, tomorrow's hug-a-Pole day!)

News / Poland and Kresy being reunited? [162]


Our delusional friend is yet back on the scene. Revolution! He cries this time. I can just see him standing in front of the palacin in Warsaw and waving his flag on his own. Ppl will just look wary at him and then shake their head in pity. Yet another nutter who thinks the EU is the root of all that's evil.

Just for you I would say that Poland has benefitted more from the EU than the other way around. There's even more bens than the ones Seanus mentioned, you ungrateful freak. So stop complaining and go back to that machine you're operating. Break's over and you overtook it already.

Exit Jozef Polska.

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M-G (just what we need on here: one more nutter)

Life / Things we enjoyed as kids in Poland [140]

By the way, this Sąsiedzi is really Polish? I saw that too as a kid but always thought it was English or Czech.
Did you guys have a Polish version of Sesame Street?

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M-G (yes we had a lot of Polish and Czech children's programmes besides our own of course)

Life / Things we enjoyed as kids in Poland [140]


Actually, it was Czech and yes, I remember that as my younger brother always watched it. Die Biene Maya and it was presented on German TV as a Czech animation movie.

Alfred J. Kwak's tune is indeed very well known; the original (Dutch) lyrics go a little sth like this:

"Ik ben vandaag zo vrolijk, zo vrolijk, zo vrolijk.
Ik ben vandaag zo vrolijk, zo vrolijk was ik nooit."

The rest of the lyrics would be too difficult for a non-Dutch person.

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M-G (tiens)

Life / Things we enjoyed as kids in Poland [140]

You Polish kids probably know this Dutch cartoon as well:
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Invented by singer Herman van Veen, it became popular world wide. Don't tell me you've never seen it as a kid if you're in your twenties and early thirties :)

His original name is Alfred Jodocus Kwak, but in Poland he was called Alfred Jonatan Kwak .

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M-G (tiens)

Life / Things we enjoyed as kids in Poland [140]

The fun thing with Lolek en Bolek and Rexje was that every kid all across the world could enjoy it...They don't speak actually, they just make sounds that every child everywhere understands. Yet they don't seem to have broadcasted it in the UK or Ireland as nobody I know seems to remember it.

Btw, I heard that the creator of Lolek en Bolek later on got into a nasty copyright court case. A shame! This guy who made so many children across Central/North-West Europe should get the payments he was due!

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M-G (tiens)

Life / Things we enjoyed as kids in Poland [140]


Yes we had, at least when I was a kid I watched it every Sunday afternoon :)

We also had Reksio, although we called it Rexje or Rexio, but that's just a minor difference in spelling.


Probably, as we also could watch a lot of Czech animations on German TV. I was born and raised near the German border, that's why we always could receive German TV, also before there was cable, just a little antenna on the roof - we in fact could receive more German channels than Dutch channels, but that was just because there were more public German channels than Dutch ones at the time :P

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M-G (remembers very vividly)

Life / Things we enjoyed as kids in Poland [140]

This is also Polish, but when I was a kid it was every Sunday afternoon on TV, first the German TV, later on on the Dutch TV as well:

Bolek i Lolek :) Or is it Lolek i Bolek? In NL they said Lolek en Bolek.

M-G (loves Lolek en Bolek)

Life / Things we enjoyed as kids in Poland [140]


But I'm sure there was no fizz in it? (forgot the name of the gas that makes it fizzy) Otherwise the bag would explode :)

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M-G (I think)

Life / Things we enjoyed as kids in Poland [140]


You mean this?

When I do a search for snieżka, all I get is pics of mountains?

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M-G (which flavours, btw?)

Feedback / Language used here - how come this forum is all in English? [78]


This site is aimed at ppl who want to know about Poland. Maybe because they plan to visit Poland, maybe plan to go live there, have an interest in Polish history, customs, food and the like or are of Polish descent or have a general interest in Poland. This site is not per definition aimed at Poles. And since there are more other ppl than there are Poles in this world, it might be handier to carry the English language if you want to reach those other ppl :)

Hope this helps.

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M-G (always glad to help)

Life / Things we enjoyed as kids in Poland [140]

Did you know that all those chewing gums for kids like Donald and quite a few other brands are actually Dutch? Maple Leaf is an Amsterdam chewing gum company which produces these brands. I didn't know that either up until just now...I just read it as I initially thought ML was a Canadian brand, with the maple leaf and all. But no, NO! It is the black magic man from Amsterdam :)

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M-G (free after Laurel Aitken, that is)

Life / Things we enjoyed as kids in Poland [140]


We had that too when I was a kid :) Don't know if they still sell them, though. We also had Bazooka gum...With Joe Bazooka, I believe it was:



M-G (or was it Bazooka Joe? Can't remember)

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]


Yes indeed, forgot to mention that brand. Had a few of them as well and I agree with you that it's a bit on the fizzy side.


I've never seen that here in Dubs. Do they export that too?

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M-G (will buy Friday again some Polish beer)

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]


Grin, Perla is a coffee brand in NL :)

Anyway, does anybody know which brands of Polish beer get exported besides Tyskie, Lech, Karpacki and that other brand, I forget its name, but you have it in 3 varieties with the heaviest about 10 per thousand alcohol?

I mean I like the first three, the last one is a bit too heavy to my taste, but I want to try a different brand for once here in Ireland.

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M-G (and variety is the spice of life)

History / United States of America Vs Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth [74]


It may not have been the definitive reason, but it sure helped as liberum veto seriously hampered any effective decision making, necessary when in a state of war.

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M-G (tiens)

Life / What is the reason for POLISH jokes ? [486]


I think you're exaggerating now. I have been to the US many times and I have actually never heard a Polish joke at all, let alone I never seen any ridiculing of Polish ppl on TV or heard it on the radio, so I think there is no problem at all.

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M-G (jeepers)

UK, Ireland / What's the rule on 'the UK' but just 'GB'? [60]


Well, actually at the time that this name came into being, the Netherlands and Belgium were in fact one country. They both formed "The Netherlands", after the seperation of Belgium, the Netherlands kept the name for reasons which are so complex it would take 500 pages of text to explain and the Belgians, who wanted to do the same were forced to change the title.

Edit: one of the reasons was that after the Belgian separation Luxemburg was still part of the Netherlands in that it was the personal possession of King William 1 and his son William 2. In 1859 King William 2 wanted to sell Luxemburg to either Germany or France, never seem to remember which one. Just do a search for the Luxemburg crisis. Luxemburg didn't get sold and remained part of NL until 1898 when King William 3 died and only had a daughter, Queen Wilhelmina. Since Luxemburgian constitution did not allow a woman to be head of state, they became a Ducdom.

But to answer your question: until 1934 there was indeed animosity between the two, but that was mainly due to French influences (for example, Brussels is originally a Dutch city and spoke Dutch originally, but in order to make it French speaking, more and more French ppl were moved in and now it's half Dutch, half French). Belgians know they are also part of the Low Countries (just like Luxemburg) and between 1934 and 1949 there was actually talk of the two getting together again, but then the BeNeLux came and they are kinda like one again.

Short answer: it's just a title, the Belgians nor the Dutch don't give a darn about it, as far as I know.

Edit 2: the title does not only cover NL and BE, but also parts of Northern Germany, which historically belonged to Friesland and parts of Northern France (Pais de Calais) which historically belong to the Low Countries. In both areas a Dutch dialect is still spoken.

About Belgium breaking up: de facto it's already broken up. Since 1992 it's officially a federation with a Dutch speaking part, a French speaking part and I am not sure about the German speaking part (maybe one of the present Belgians could help me out there?). Belgium breaking up is all about cultural differences: Flanders to the North is Dutch speaking (Flemish = Dutch) and Dutch cultured while the south is Francophone and French cultured. The cultural line between the Netherlands and France runs straight through the middle of Belgium and it's an arteficial state in that regard. But to be honest, I don't think Belgium will fully split up with Flanders joining NL and Wallonia joining FR.

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M-G (anybody more Dutch history?)

UK, Ireland / What's the rule on 'the UK' but just 'GB'? [60]


"The Hague" really is just an anglisation of it's Dutch name, "Den Haag", which is in turn much easier than the city's official name: 's Gravenhage, or its old name: Des Graven's Haege. Den is old Dutch for De (the) and Haag is old Dutch for Hedge or court. Graaf = Dutch for Count, so the name of the city would be "The Hedge/Court of the Count". You can see why the city was originally founded for: to be the administrative centre of the Netherlands. It's actually a very young city too and given the fact that it didn't get any market (city-) rights granted by a Count or Duke, it's officially still a village :)


It's a Germanic thing. The in front of a river for example, refers to the fact that it's a river, not a name. Officially The Seine or The Rhine should be "The River Seine" and "The River Rhine". It refers therefore to the fact that it's a river, not just a name.

The Netherlands has The in front of it because that of course refers to "lands" Netherlands is again an anglisation of Nederland which means Low Countries (Neder = Low land = land). "Nether" is an adjective just like big in the big man. The official Dutch name for the Netherlands is "The Kingdom of the Netherlands" (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden - yes this includes Belgium as well). Our Queen is a territorial monarch, unlike the Belgian King, which is a King of the populace (compare King of Belgians/Queen of the Netherlands).

(correct me if I'm wrong - I'm not an English teacher)

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M-G (tired and apparently heading for a cold)

News / New cross war in Warsaw [530]


Grin, indeed. And as far as I know, Poland is a secular state, isn't it?


LOL, what a lousy answer. What a lousy way to say that you cannot answer. You're disqualifying yourself with answers like this.

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M-G (tiens)

Law / Advice required about opening a Serbian restaurant in Krakow [24]


I love Ajwar :)

Balkan restaurants are good. I wish they had one here in Dubs, I would visit it loads of times. But over here they only know Italian, Indian, Chinese/Thai and Chippers, unfortunately. Even in the village where I was born in, a very small village, we had a Balkan restaurant. I still talk to the guys that owned it every now and then.

Great food. I really mean that.

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M-G (yay!)

News / New cross war in Warsaw [530]


I think I am more realistic than you are. And yet again NO substantial answer. Is this because you cannot rise above the level of making personal remarks?

The Catholic Church is a relic of the past. Learn to live with that.


Oh, were the blacks and Jews dragged on the stage once more?

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M-G (yet again)

Life / What is the reason for POLISH jokes ? [486]


I know the very same joke about Belgians:

A Belgian 747 has crashed with 200 ppl on board. Did they all die? Yes, they counted 5000 victims. 5000? How come? It crashed on top of a Belgian chipper.

(a lot of jokes about Belgians are being made in connection to their habit of eating chips)

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M-G (tiens)

News / New cross war in Warsaw [530]


With the difference that the Catholic Church has been condoned for thousands of years and has sickened society long enough. Gays have been prosecuted for hundreds of years and are now on the verge of being accepted. And when equality is being propagated, that's a better idea than to propagate an institution that endorses unequality, covers up pedophiles and wants to brainwash ppl a few hundred years back.

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M-G (are you for real?)

News / New cross war in Warsaw [530]


I don't hate them. I never hate. But I do think it's funny that the same ppl who now try to defend this minority and their rights are the same to proclaim that other minorities should just shut up because they are a minority. But in 10-20 years' time they probably all be dead, those babcias and then things can finally move on. They already do, but incididents like this are just annoying and should not take place in any given modern society. They want to enforce their views upon the vast majority who does not share those views. Woa!


Can you, for once, give a decent answer to a decent question instead of just bouncing the ball back as that is evidence of weakness.


Me and the vast majority of the European and American population. But religious nutters there always have been and always will be. It's like a bad rash, you can't get rid of them.


Indeed, don't hear that much of that episode anymore. The big and oh so Catholic cover up has started?

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M-G (babcias in retirement homes and that'll be the end of it)

News / New cross war in Warsaw [530]


But how old are these babcias? Old enough I guess too old to have a profound and lasting impact on the future, whereas the young generation has.

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M-G (tiens)